Roger was indeed very curious.
But he wasn't in a hurry to get it done.
Or rather, his schedule was so tight that things had to be prioritized.
Virtual reality, the new wand, Harry's magic, Hermione's magic, the Ministry of Magic's procedures and resource allocation, the joint development of the alchemy brain...
That's right, although the Reincarnation Plan was temporarily shelved, the plan for the new Second Brain hadn't changed at all.
This "core component" of Roger's definitely needed an upgrade, and if nothing unexpected happened, even after the new generation was completed, it would still need to iterate along with Roger's development.
"Roger, don't you think you're pushing yourself too hard?"
After their joint research for the morning came to a temporary close, Roger and Luna returned to the Hogwarts dining hall to eat.
Hogwarts' meal times were unified, with students from all years and all four houses gathering here.
This was also one of the few times this semester that Harry could see Roger outside of classes.
"I feel like your current state is even more tense than last semester," Harry said, watching Roger casually put a piece of ham into his mouth.
During the previous academic year, Roger spent most of his extracurricular time reading, and Harry could at least see him then.
Other students also had plenty of interaction with Roger.
But this academic year, basically as soon as class ended, Roger would disappear like a dragon showing its head but not its tail.
Some of his roommates even found that Roger sometimes didn't come back to the dormitory all night.
Roger was now like a ghost in Hogwarts, only appearing in class.
If not for the fact that everyone knew Roger reasonably well and was using the virtual reality he developed, The young wizards of Hogwarts might have suspected they were under a Confundus Charm, or that a person named Roger didn't actually exist at Hogwarts.
"I can't help it, everything's piled up at once," Roger said with some helplessness.
Every task Roger currently had on his hands required a significant amount of time.
Sometimes he even had to use Time Magic to go back in time to attend multiple events, just like Hermione in her third year in her original fate.
If it weren't for the Second Brain and the mind-acceleration magic, which gave Roger much more energy than ordinary people, he might have already suffered a mental breakdown.
Roger wasn't some kind of innate divine being who naturally loved to work or being overwhelmed.
He also wanted to slack off, to slack off, but the circumstances simply didn't allow it. His career wasn't successful yet, and Roger couldn't stand being idle.
So, whenever he had a little free time, he wanted to invest it in more valuable things.
...This could also be considered a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
"Do you remember what you told me last academic year? People are like a bow; you can't keep the string constantly taut," Harry said with concern.
After the battle with Voldemort, Roger had let Harry enjoy a Christmas holiday before starting to teach him Time Magic.
Although, officially, the summer vacation had just ended.
As someone who spent the summer vacation with Roger, Harry had the most say in this matter.
Roger's summer vacation, in his opinion, couldn't be called a vacation at all!
Germany, Greece, the moon, wherever they went, Roger was thinking about magic every day. It was as if he was either researching magic or on the way to researching magic.
Was this considered relaxation? Harry felt that even if he were Roger, if he continued like this, something would eventually go wrong.
After all, Roger's perception of time was completely different from that of normal people.
Roger's mind acceleration had basically never stopped! In other words, while ordinary people felt like they had experienced several months, in Roger's subjective experience, it was probably more than a decade!
Ten consecutive years of all-nighters, with no days off in between.
Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Harry thought it was a miracle that Roger hadn't gone mad yet.
"How about taking a break?" Harry suggested.
"A break..." Roger pondered for a moment.
Time was precious, and he didn't want his time to be wasted, but what Harry said wasn't entirely unreasonable.
He wasn't a machine, after all, and constantly operating like this was indeed not good.
As the saying goes, alternating tension and relaxation leads to better cultivation.
After thinking about it, Roger shook his head: "I'll consider it, but let's talk about it later. There are really a lot of things to be busy with recently."
He could flexibly adjust his time for Luna and Hermione's matters, and taking a day or two off for the new wand wouldn't cause major disruptions to the overall plan.
However, the promotion of the virtual world and the popularization of the Second Magic were imminent and had to be carried out.
His main energy would be focused on this matter from now on.
Not only that, but to prevent wizards from becoming too engrossed in the virtual world, he also had to consider a special anti-addiction method.
This was also a troublesome matter.
Roger's anti-addiction measures were fundamentally different from the so-called underage anti-addiction measures for online games in his previous life.
He wasn't trying to limit the time wizards spent in the virtual world; that would be pointless.
What Roger wanted to do was prevent these wizards from treating the virtual world as their spiritual home, indulging in the happiness of having everything they desired and doing as they pleased within it, thereby abandoning the real world.
To use a slightly more anime-like analogy, it was about not letting these people become like 'Obito Uchiha,' immersed in the Infinite Tsukuyomi's genjutsu world and believing the real world was a false thing not worth mentioning.
On the surface, Roger seemed to have many methods, such as imposing restrictions on permissions.
But the problem was that the essence of Virtual Reality was the carrier of Roger's Second Magic. He needed a large number of wizards to use the 'world' as a blank canvas, freely expressing their imaginations, and from that, he could draw power.
As long as Roger wanted to become stronger, he couldn't do things that would tie his own hands.
This was why Roger found this matter rather troublesome.
"Alright." Seeing Roger's serious expression, Harry stopped trying to persuade him.
Some things were best just to give a heads-up; too much was as bad as too little.
Harry believed Roger knew what he was doing.
"By the way, are you free this afternoon?"
"I have some questions about Time Magic I'd like to ask," Harry changed the subject.
"I can't this afternoon. Wait until tonight. I'll connect with you in Virtual Reality then."
Roger's schedule was really tight. He still had to go to the Ministry of Magic in the afternoon.
Two weeks had passed since the start of term. The decision to fully promote Virtual Reality was made last week. A week had gone by, and today they were starting the 'warm-up.'
For this, Roger needed to visit the Ministry of Magic.
After finishing his business at the Ministry, Roger planned to stop by and see Grindelwald.
He wanted to confirm if what had happened to him had also happened to Grindelwald.
After the confirmation, Roger would return to continue his research on Pestering Mites with Luna from the morning.
When he calculated it all, he only had time in the evening.
After finishing his magical discussion with Harry, he still had something to discuss with Nicolas Flamel.
With that thought, Roger hastily finished the food on his plate.
"That's it. See you tonight, Harry."
As soon as he finished speaking, Roger vanished without a trace.
Harry couldn't help but be stunned. He recognized the magic. It wasn't Apparition, but... the Hour Reversal Charm.
The Roger who had just spoken to him was Roger from an hour later.
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